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Obedience to authority : an experimental view

by: Milgram, Stanley

Publication date: 1974

Topics: Authority, Obedience

Publisher: New York : Harper and Row

Collection: georgetown-university-law-library-rr; georgetown-university-law-library; americana; globallibraries; printdisabled

Contributor: Georgetown University Law Library

Language: English

Item Size: 336.6M

Digitized at Georgetown University Law Library

xvii, 224 pages : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index

The dilemma of obedience -- Method of inquiry -- Expected behavior -- Closeness of the victim -- Individuals confront authority -- Further variations and controls -- Individuals confront authority II -- Role permutations -- Group effects -- Why obedience? -- An analysis -- The process of obedience: Applying the analysis to experiment -- Strain and disobedience -- An alternative theory: Is aggression the key? -- Problems of method